I should preface by saying it's only been a week of exercising, but after a month or so of dialing in my diet and feeling healthier because of it (albeit not thinner) I hit the bike trails last week and was amazed at how fast my physical progress was so that's been great but I'm feeling a little discouraged. Every day I've doing a 10 mile round trip and it includes a steep hill through a park that's about 100 yards and can only really be tackled at walking speed... currently I'm walking the second half. With traffic light stops and the hill included I'm doing the trip in about 50 minutes. According to this website that calculates your weight, cycling distance, topography, etc I'm burning about 1000 calories doing so. ()
I haven't lost a single pound though. I've been staying around my 2500 calorie / day diet (except for the extra Spirulina I've been taking to help recover) which is what the calorie calculator link on this website suggested for someone with my specs that isn't active. Besides the spirulina I've also been taking a packette of "Emergen-C" every day as well to replenish electrolytes which I'm sure is helping my speedy recovery.
I'm thinking if anything I'm not eating enough... On Sunday I went for a shortened ride and then played my hour and a half gig (I'm a drummer) later that night and found myself almost blacking out on stage and even when sitting down between sets away from the lights I had vertigo and was quivering. For about a day or so prior I'd been feeling light headed when I stood up. I seemed to be adequately hydrated (pee'd twice during the show and it was almost clear). I ate a big meal with chicken breast, rice and pan fried peppers when I got home and felt better about two hours later and went to bed right away. I slept a good 11 hours. I took the last two days off and feel MUCH better today.
I considered that maybe I haven't lost weight because I've built muscle in replacement it but I don't really feel feel any more trim. I actually feel a little bloated which I think might be from extra protein.
How am I doing? Should I stay the course? Does all of this sound okay?
I haven't lost a single pound though. I've been staying around my 2500 calorie / day diet (except for the extra Spirulina I've been taking to help recover) which is what the calorie calculator link on this website suggested for someone with my specs that isn't active. Besides the spirulina I've also been taking a packette of "Emergen-C" every day as well to replenish electrolytes which I'm sure is helping my speedy recovery.
I'm thinking if anything I'm not eating enough... On Sunday I went for a shortened ride and then played my hour and a half gig (I'm a drummer) later that night and found myself almost blacking out on stage and even when sitting down between sets away from the lights I had vertigo and was quivering. For about a day or so prior I'd been feeling light headed when I stood up. I seemed to be adequately hydrated (pee'd twice during the show and it was almost clear). I ate a big meal with chicken breast, rice and pan fried peppers when I got home and felt better about two hours later and went to bed right away. I slept a good 11 hours. I took the last two days off and feel MUCH better today.
I considered that maybe I haven't lost weight because I've built muscle in replacement it but I don't really feel feel any more trim. I actually feel a little bloated which I think might be from extra protein.
How am I doing? Should I stay the course? Does all of this sound okay?